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Sunday, June 6, 2010

When in "ROME"

Okay, yeah so this was supposed to be the place for fun and frippery, wonderful and whimsical, creative and crafty-you get my drift. So I was recently called to be on the "float committee". For those of you in the west....you will know what THAT means. For others it will seem pretty uh, strange. I WISH rootbeer and ice-cream were involved but....fail.

SO, my moments of the above fun and frippery...etc. have been shelved for now. I am a "foam artist" and that is really stretching it. Basically it means that I get a call from"Dave" and I go over and pick up my assignment. It involves big blocks of styrofoam and plywood glued together in shapes and that's where I come in.Then I come home and shave with my electric knife and smooth and carve and swear a bit...

I went to the 3 dollar fabric store and found this velvety fabric for uh,,,,3 dollars a yard. And the snipping and hotgluing began...and MANY hours later...there they are...all ready for their infamous ride down STATE STREET....

I am afraid that they look at bit like they have been drinking "moonshine" or something...but there is no time for sobering up... I am carving the cow tomorrow!

All about me.....

Hi,
My name is Alane. I am mother of 6, "Mamie" to 3 and major mess maker. I love all things creative and handmade. I am pretty marginal as a housekeeper and but love to make things and can be found in my studio most of the time.
I love to paint watercolors, and quilt and sew and twist and spray paint and hot glue, and well you get the idea...and well that picture of me up there is once a week. Otherwise it is more like...
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